azimuth

Determines azimuth (compass direction) & distance of the second point (B) as seen from the first point (A), given latitude, longitude & elevation of two points on the Earth

Original Author

Moulded from Don Cross's Azimuth/Distance Calculator

Getting Started

Install the module with: npm install azimuth

var calculate = require('azimuth');
calculate.azimuth({
  lat: 18.513929,
  lng: 73.924475,
  elv: 561.9
}, {
  lat: 18.513964,
  lng: 73.924471,
  elv: 562
}); // "{ distance: 3.9191090699705464, azimuth: 353.8149364508667, altitude: 1.3478271564744548 }"

Tests

To run tests

npm test

or

grunt nodeunit

License

Copyright (c) 2014 Debjeet Biswas Licensed under the MIT license.